Week 2

This week has been a fast paced work heavy but really rewarding week. It is only Wednesday and we have already fixed up to 10 pieces of medical equipment. The main prize was fixing this Newport e360 ventillator that probably was worth about $5000 dollars. It needed a new flow valve and some inner adjustments but we put it back into service. Now the hospital has 2 ventillators in service which could possibly end up saving more lives! We then fixed 2 aspirators that basically needed some inner cleaning and some minor parts replaced. Lastly, we fixed a centrifuge that needed some carbon brushes replaced along with some cleaning. Besides the machine fixing, we have gotten to know the staff well. We take inventory to see what machines they have and then find the broken ones to repair. We also try to develop these relationships so later on we can talk to them about what more they need to keep up their services. We are planning on doing a needs finding survey and interviewing a few doctors about their most pressing needs. Tomorrow, we are planning on doing a inventory with the surgery unit, and I might even get to witness some surgeries first hand! Well, this is it for now. This weekend we are planning to go to Ometepe Island which apparently is a beautiful national park. Thanks for reading.